Plant Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Physic Nut; Purging Nut

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	87960.0	162240.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	3300.0	5280.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	5400.0	8640.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
N-1-TRIACONTANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	109440.0	199680.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	39900.0	65325.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	4200.0	6720.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	162000.0	186000.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	26400.0	87360.0	1.33	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-5-ENE-3-BETA-7-ALPHA-DIOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-5-ENE-3-BETA-7-BETA-DIOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Resin, Exudate, Sap	116000.0	187000.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antimutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinauseant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephritic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antinociceptive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antioxidant	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiserotoninic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	1	=ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Antithyroid	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor	5	Duke, 1992 *